Affiliation: Wenzhou Medical University, China

Dr. Yikui Zhang, M.D., PhD, is an associate professor and attending surgeon at the Affiliated Eye Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University (ranked among China's top national eye hospitals). He obtained a doctoral degree in ophthalmology at Wenzhou Medical University under the supervision of Prof. Wencan Wu. He received research training at the National Eye Institute and National Institutes of Health in the US under the supervision of Dr. Wai T. Wong. He received the residency and chief residency training in ophthalmology at the Affiliated Eye Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University. Prof. Zhang has established a large biofield animal model of traumatic optic neuropathy in goat and rhesus macaques. This allows local treatment and observation at the optic canal and optic chiasm under micro-invasive trans-nasal endoscopy. He is keen to collaborate with basic and clinical scientists to find a translatable therapeutic strategy for optic nerve repair and regeneration.